New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-26
LITERARY NOTES.

rev volume of selections from the diaries OF
sfhoreau Will be brought out by hough'"h'
Nriin & Co. IL IS TO be entitled WINTER" ana VIII
conta Thorcau observations for many snowy seasons
Concerning that encounter a railway journey
he,wecn Inspcctor Byrnes and the beautiful and fac
mating criminal heroine of Julian Hawhornes Great
Bank Robbery" The London Academy" saysthat II is
as good as anything In GabOriau.'
Miss Allegro Egglcston the arst-danghter of Dr.
Edward Egg lc,ton. j. illustrating for "The Century
her fathers forthcoming story " The Graysons"
There are some curious details Of court life In the
reign of George IIto be found I'm the lately published
journals Mrs. Papendick, who was Assistant keeper
Of the Wardrobe and Realcr to Queen Charlotte y
pretty picture Of tho heartlcss and tncy little German
Queen she gives. Charlotte pared everything down 10
tho final penny and didn't always
pay that, When Thomas Laurence INC"
undergoing his early struggles, was com
manded TO paint her portrait he asked for last
sitting to give a hnirh 20 the picture He was refused
aud he was psil for his laborS MIS- lap'h"'h
nara,cs some hitherto untold incidents OF the hll'E
Illness. There pathetic anccdoto OF an eNhO' 10"
OF his inhrmty a Christmas Day. lie had Deem cN
cited and !rratcd because the Archbishop OF 'ah''f
bury had not come customary, to administer the
Sacrament Suddenly, in instant, he got under ne
sofa. saying that that day everything had Dc'
denied hun he would there converse with HI SAVIOUR
aud no one could interrupt him.
i, volume of the collected poems OF the late David
A. Wa->on i in the press Of Ire n shepard
The ,tatu, If Henry Val>vor'h Longf"low which
Mr. Franklin sTmon~ has just finished in clay VII
be erected in Pottlanl, Maine, late In the coming
spring.
In hi, vouu.c Of "Reminiscences" just published in
Lou.lon FriiA the Acalcmic2n. says that al "ad
IIll one day Dickens complaining 10 INN ol Inc
way in which he wd> pc>tctcd with authors WHO sem
tI.,fr hon T.. i'm Ia re
tia, while speaking. he opened volume and dipped
into it, seems clcver-a good style: suppose must
read it," And read j, he did that very day" continues
MrFrifh for he next morning hc sa'I That's very
good book indeed; but. unless am mistaken. George
EI.o, I, q woman" The very good" book wa Adam
Bcdc."
Mr.. Friih SAY, that sydney smith, reply 20 Land
seer when a.krA to IL to him. Is Thy servant dog
,ta1 he should d. this thing " + apocryphai.
Mr. Firth IDS that when the great animal painter was
introduced to the kins Of Portugal the latlc'. whose
knowledge of English was strictly Limited, welcomed
Tim with. delighted to make Your acqnailHa noe,
Mir. Isnd,cel-I am f,rd Of beasts"
Mr. j. W Alexander made in Ireland the skc che~
which are 70 accompany Nr. Charles dc hsy'S Cen
trry paper on ireland. it, Ethnniogy and customs,
Landscape. Town Life. Literature and A1,'
Tho tin. oi the serial story which Mr.. Frances H.
burnett has PREPARED for the coming year Il 81
NichoIssH T., sara GROVE. or What Happened az Ms
Minchig-" Il J., said 30 beautiful and pathetic.
There i, g good portrait of the late Dinah Maria
Nulcck CIaik in tho current number Of "llaIler>
Bazs." II represents an ania'lr bu' laihel narrow
and ZEN, iuena old lady. and roplc-"nie her truly
"John Halifax wa cmphaticaly Mr. Gaihs best
book-tho healtle,t and -inoocst in spite 81 The all
normally perfect hcio-but it is doubtful # even TINS
vii be read 10y another generation